“Changes in a team occur when you win—not when you lose. When you lose, that is the time to observe and understand. What we cannot allow is for the players to stop fighting. We must fight for a common goal. For me, confidence is synonymous with relaxation. I prefer fear because it forces you to stay alert. We should make it clear to most people that success is the exception—that human beings only occasionally triumph. Success is distorting: it relaxes, deceives, makes us worse, and leads us to become overly enamored with ourselves. Conversely, failure is formative: it makes us steady, brings us closer to our convictions, and helps us regain consistency.
Let it be clear that we compete to win, and I do this job because I want to win. But if I did not distinguish between what is truly formative and what is secondary, I would be making a huge mistake.
The joy of a victory in a match lasts five minutes; the match ends, and there is a sense of effervescence—a surge of adrenaline that generates excitement and happiness. But those are only five minutes, and afterward, there is an enormous, immense void. It is an indescribable loneliness.”
— Marcelo Bielsa
by Federico Coppini
https://www.coppinifedericoacademy.com/
